{"quotes":[{"text":"As you can see marriage is about putting away selfishness and taking on the concept of teamwork.","author":"Jim George","tags":["believe","christian","faith","family","god","husband","jim-george","love","marriage","selfish","selfless","team","teamwork","wife"],"id":214,"author_id":"Jim+George"},{"text":"The greatest dividends in life are those that we give away.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["bless","blessing","dividends","earn","earned","endow","endowment","generosity","generous","gift-giving","gifts","give","giving","life","living","resources","sacrifice","selfless","selflessness"],"id":1762,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads.","author":"Jon Porter","tags":["selfless","disaster","natural "],"id":9484,"author_id":"Jon+Porter"},{"text":"A mature person reaps joy in the commonplace acts of living, appreciates the serenity of just being, while balancing the responsibilities that come naturally about when deeply immersed in family and community affairs. Directing their attention outward, assisting other people in their troubled times, while denying themselves the indulgence of self-absorption frees a person’s bidding mind from a jumble of discordant thoughts, wants, and unholy bequests.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["disquiet","enlightenent","enlightenment","peaceful","peacefulness","philosophical-musings","philosophy-of-life","philsophical-thought","self-awareness","self-realization","self-transcendence","self-transformation","selfless","selfless-love","selfless-service"],"id":13957,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"For the case that one thinks he has plateaued in life, God has already set yet another peak for him to reach: and a much more challenging peak than his own, one that which is to serve others.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["accomplishment","achievement","arrogance","challenges","charity","christ","difficulty","ego","faith","goals","god","helping-others","humility","life","love","peak","plateau","pride","selfish","selfishness","selfless","selflessness","service","serving-others","success","wealth"],"id":29528,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"True biblical love is a selfless commitment of one’s body, soul, and spirit to the betterment of the other person.","author":"Jim George","tags":["better","bible","biblical","blessed","body","christian","commit","faith","life","love","person","selfless","soul","spirit"],"id":34169,"author_id":"Jim+George"},{"text":"Family and friends become oppressors the moment they teach you that loyalty is more important than what is done to people outside your social circle. What they are really saying is this: Save yourself because God is more interested in an intact family or social circle that looks righteous, rather than you being a person of integrity that has compassion for others. It is this absurdity that teaches the wrong version of God and creates the next generation of 'me' centered individuals.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["actions","authenticity","be-an-example","caring","children","choices","choose-the-right","communication","compassion","courage","decisions","directioners","doing-the-right-thing","fear","gideon","honesty","in-actions","integrity","loving-one-another","morals","not-caring","one-direction","parenting","selfish","selfless","silence","standing-up-for-others","strength","teaching","teaching-your-son","teens","truth"],"id":36817,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greater or even more important than the one we derive from the deed.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["advantage","altruism","benefit","charity","compassion","empathy","gene","genes","genie","ghandi","humanity","humor","humour","mahatma-ghandi","mandela","mercy","mother-teresa","nelson-mandela","object","philosopher","philosophy","pleasure","satire","satirist","selfish","selfishness","selfless","selflessness","social-criticism","sympathy","teresa","unselfish","unselfishness"],"id":41834,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Christmas is a bold act of emboldening sacrifice and the most selfless gift ever granted the rebellious lot that we are.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["act","christmas","christmas","embolden","gift","rebellious","sacrifice","selfless"],"id":45697,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"Making oneself large involves intentionally making oneself small.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["give","giving","humble","humility","large","pride","sacrifice","sacrificial","selfless","selflessness","serve","service","servitude","small"],"id":49372,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":98,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}